Happy Friday! This week, I wrote about baby boomers, in a piece which argued that they are not greedy or self-interested, or at least not more so than any other group, but their sheer size and influence is distorting politics. As ever, I'm fascinated by subjects which provoke raw emotion: dry pensions policy turns into an argument about who deserves what, who's ungrateful, who works hardest etc. David Willetts, in the piece, talks about getting angry letters in neat copperplate on Basildon Bond stationery. Instead I got, er, emails calling me a "stupid liberal C***". Nice to see Boomers are moving with the times.
The Bluestocking, vol 121: Boomers and bohemians
The Bluestocking, vol 121: Boomers and…
The Bluestocking, vol 121: Boomers and bohemians
Happy Friday! This week, I wrote about baby boomers, in a piece which argued that they are not greedy or self-interested, or at least not more so than any other group, but their sheer size and influence is distorting politics. As ever, I'm fascinated by subjects which provoke raw emotion: dry pensions policy turns into an argument about who deserves what, who's ungrateful, who works hardest etc. David Willetts, in the piece, talks about getting angry letters in neat copperplate on Basildon Bond stationery. Instead I got, er, emails calling me a "stupid liberal C***". Nice to see Boomers are moving with the times.